Comments on: Safe trick or treathttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/
A place for parents to talk about life's most challenging jobWed, 16 Nov 2016 14:01:12 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Terrihttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94191
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:20:21 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94191@Tree-You took the words right out of my mouth. Excellent reading recommendation. Don’t forget to add they are more likely to be injured while in their parents car on the way to school, than be abducted by a stranger.
]]>By: Lesliehttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94112
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:41:55 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94112And they presume that parents give their kids who are still young enough to trick or treat a cell phone… oops, that happens all the time too!!!
]]>By: dgchttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94109
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:36:48 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94109They’re free to sell it, and we’re free to not buy it.

*shrug*

]]>By: Treehttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94106
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:51:29 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94106They’re not JUST a for-profit institution preying on the fears of parents, but capitalizing on (and encouraging) irrational and misplaced fears. Children are twice as likely to die of the flu, 4 times more likely to die of heart disease, 17 times more likely to commit suicide and 100 times more likely to die because of an accidental death than be kidnapped by a stranger. A really good book on this idea is The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner. Excellent read.
]]>By: meghanhttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94096
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:14:36 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94096I remember when I was younger (middle school) my mom had the cool college babysitter from my elementary days go out with us instead!
]]>By: Hopefulhttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94094
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:00:19 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94094Seems to be a bit over the top.
]]>By: Sunshinehttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/18543/safe-trick-or-treat/#comment-94078
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:46:39 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=18543#comment-94078Agreed! If your kids are young enough that they require this much supervision, then it should be a parent, not a device, that accompanies them while trick or treating.

If your kids are older, perhaps a discussion about trust and responsibility would be a better method than an item that would all but zap them like a dog if they step out of line.